for the u.s. >> very briefly, nikolai.message to the next german government what it can do to better support your sector. >> so, we have to work on the competitiveness of the german and european industry. this is a common challenge. we have to get more competitive, we have to get so we can focus on value creation within our countries and europe as well as germany is getting more competitive versus the other parts of the world. >> nikolai, appreciate your time this morning. ceo of continental. back to the geopolitics, resident donald trump has reportedly halted military aid to ukraine following last week's oval office clash with president volodomyr zelenskyy. white house official telling nbc news that aid is being paused and reviewed to ensure it is contributing to a solution. european commission president has announced 115 billion euros in fresh loans to fund investment as part of plants that could. also announced changes to budget rules and said european investment bank would work to globalize capital. von der leyen said

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. >> one week after the election, a putin aide named nikolai patrushev made the following comment toi want to read. >> it to you. he said to achieve success in the election, donald trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. as a responsible person. he will be obliged. >> to fulfill them. what a weird thing. >> to say to an incoming american president like. >> you owe. >> us, buster, and we expect you to pay up. and to me, it's. >> well. >> i think i'll jump in. yeah, i'll jump in because i want to bring jason as well. i mean, i think those are big questions. on the one hand, the kremlin is full of disinformation. so all three of us as as empirical people. right? you have to subject every statement to the same scrutiny. on the other hand, what you said musk spent a lot. musk has leverage in a tech platform where jason, he clearly is losing money. so it's not about making money. they've lost a lot of money on twitter. the markets are down, as the professor mentioned, in response to these tariff threats. and yet musk occupies, because of twitter and other